Piers Morgan vs Sam Harris On Israel Palestine War And Islam's Impact. Download YouTube 2023-12-21 (236) < Previous Next > Piers Morgan is joined by philosopher and author Sam Harris talking about the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestine. Sam discusses with Piers Morgan how religion and God have played a part in this conflict and could be partly to blame for the escalation. Video Transcription: [Music] well welcome back to unsensed I'm joined Now by Sam Harris one of the world's great thinkers we had an interesting debate last night involving several people one was Mosab Hassan Yousef he's the son of one of the Hamas co-founders who then renounced Hamas and moved away, and you said this about what's going on at the moment in the Israel Gaza War, let's take a listen any person who put the religious identity above the highest interest of humanity I have no respect for this people, the majority of the Muslim people identified with Hamas, supported Hamas, show me how many Muslims out there who condemned Hamas genocide? what was interesting about that is that he was really suggesting that the motivating factor behind that what Hamas did and why people are supporting them in such big numbers in the Muslim Community it's because they're Muslims it's religion driven now you're an atheist but what you think of that, of this idea that it's actually really about religion well I'm going to agree with him I think it's interesting to to note that many of your listeners will doubt my ability to to make the the statements of of A Sort I'm now going to make but they can't doubt that of him right I mean he obviously knows whereof he speaks right you can't play the identity politics game with him and say that you know he doesn't understand the culture he's the wrong skin color he doesn't speak the language etc etc so let's just just let's you know flag that that particular qualm with what I'm going to say, what I'm going to say it should just be obvious to everyone which is that we have a vast number of people in the Muslim Community worldwide not just in the occupied territories or in Gaza who are powerfully deranged by religious symbols and and their religious identity which is to say it is the most important thing to them but but more important even than the deaths of their own children right we're talking about a culture again I'm I'm not talking about just Palestinians I'm talking about the Muslim Community worldwide you know in dozens of countries that has produced a seemingly unending supply of suicide bombers over the last 50 years right where we're talking about societies where phenomenon that should be impossible are simply to be expected I literally like rigging children to to explode just that me think of how deranging that is for an army or a police force or an NGO or anyone to have to imagine that a child isn't simply a child but a child might in fact under certain circumstances be a bomb right I mean that that is the situation we're in we're talking about a society and now now I'm talking about the the Gaza and the West Bank in particular where in their schools they teach six-year-olds the love of martyrdom the literal aspiration to die as a martyr and the hatred of Jews and and many of these schools are un funded right so this is a terrifying situation which the world has simply acquiesced to I mean the world on some level has simply accepted that there is a a different standard held to the Muslim Community right we all understand that you can stage a play making fun of Mormonism on Broadway and it can become the biggest musical in the United States "The Book of Mormon" , but to stage of such a play about Islam would be Unthinkable and to be Unthinkable not because the first amendment doesn't protect the freedom of speech with respect to Islam, it does, but that protection has been forfeited it was forfeited long ago because of the tendency in the Muslim Community to erupt with just Psychopathic rage in response to what it perceives to be the desecration of religious symbols and that should be intolerable to us, but it's you know we have acquiesced to it and the new Norm is there are certain things you can't say about Islam there certain symbols you can't traduce and it's because we know that tens of thousands even hundreds of thousands of people will will March into into the streets even in the capitals of Europe could you make me ask this could you could you flip the argument the other way too could some people would say that the scale the disproportionate as many see it scale of Israel's response is motivated in some part again by a religious motivation that some of the more Hardline Ultra religious members of netanyahu's cabinet really do want to have some kind of genocidal war with the Muslim Palestinians I mean does it work both ways well, it does work both ways when you're talking about a tiny minority of Jews in Israel I mean the the ultra Orthodox the settlers who the minority of settlers who are motivated by their their religious fanaticism yeah I think those those those religious claims upon real estate in the Middle East are are not justified and they aren't in fact part of the problem and so yes this the settlements in the West Bank are certainly provocative and they you know they should be disallowed right if we if we were ever going to get to a two-state solution part of the the the remedy there is to disenfranchise the religious Maniacs on the the Israeli side but as a in terms of the scale of the problem it is orders of magnitude smaller I mean not just for that particular region but for the whole world and we're talking there 15 million Jews on Earth most of them are impressively secular most believe very little that would motivate a person to want to die for their religious identity the real justification yeah I I just on that I would just say I just wonder whether you think that what is going on now in Gaza the kind of obliteration of a lot of Gaza the mass killing of civilians and so on which Israel will justify by saying they're trying to get rid of a terror group I understand the thinking but the execution has been so increasingly indiscriminate that is there not a danger that it actually massively increases the radicalization problem rather than remove it well there two piece to that answer what one is that the the the real problem of radicalization I would say is not connected in any kind of rational way to real world grievances right I mean so the the real problem of radicalization is the level is the level of ideas right ideas around martyrdom and Jihad that easily cross borders and as we saw with the Islamic State uh can easily win recruits from 100 countries I mean so you literally have people who have no discernable grievance against anyone I mean you somebody dropping at a medical school in London going to fight with the Islamic State purely on the power of certain ideas right so that's that's a a larger problem of jihadism and specific religious beliefs that are endemic to Islam and that it is taboo to criticize if you're if you're certainly if you're a Muslim you certainly risk your life and charges with charges of apostasy and blasphemy if you criticize these ideas but specifically with Gaza the the the killing of innocence and Gaza is an absolute tragedy and it's very easy to understand why people seeing that imagery think that um Israel is in the wrong for producing so many casualties but they are fighting a terrorist organization a jihadist organization that is using its own civilian population as human Shields it has strategically embedded itself among civilians, it it wears civilian clothing right it's it it put its headquarters under a hospital it it um prevents civilians from leaving to safer areas because it wants to produce Carnage because Carnage is an advantage in in this PR war against Israel and frankly these people sincerely believe in Paradise they think that good Muslims are going to go to paradise where wherever they die however they die and so there there is in fact no problem with the with this Carnage right and that's that's the thing that is is very difficult for secular people to get their heads around that people actually believe these things when members of Hamas chant we love death more than the Jews love life that is a sincere expression of their worldview right it's not propaganda it's not posturing it is a a a confession of a psychological state of mind and of a worldview and we we doubt that at our Peril right I mean this is this is the issue we're dealing with a suicidal death cult that doesn't care about its own civilian casualties in fact its own civilian casualties are are are an additional advantage for it. Sam Harris, great to talk to you again I really appreciate you coming on and speaking with such clarity about a complex issue thank you very much

What proportion response by Israel actually means? Download YouTube 2023-10-23 (#028) < Previous Next > No electricity, no fuel, no running water, no food going into Gaza, borders with Egypt closed (for which there is little crtiticism), as well as missiles raining down on buildings knowing that there will be civilian casualties. The broadcaster asks whether this a reasonable, proportionate, moral response by Israel. Douglas Murray responds and claims there is a deep perversion in Britain when it come to Israel. Only Britian is obsessed with this. Proportionality and conflict rarely exist,but if it did, retaliation for Hamas' actions should be such: Israel should try to locate a music festival in Gaza and rape the same number of women, kill the same number of young people, find a town the same size as Sderot and kill the same number of babies, shoot in the head the same number of elderly people...proportionality n conflict is a joke and the British concept is that only the Israelis are expected to have a proportionate response after being attacked. The dfference between the Western way of war and that of the Hamas terrorists is that the objective of Hamas is to kill innocent people while that of civilized democracies is to kill as few innocent people as possible. The IDF does everything possible to protect Israeli civilians which Hamas uses its civilians to try to protect Hamas. Israel does its best to limit civilian casualties but afterthe atrocities committed by Hamas, this will change Video Transcription: Coming soon

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Senator Marco Rubio, will you call for a ceasefire? Download YouTube 2023-11-30 (#170) < Previous Next > Senator Marco Rubio will absolutely not call for a ceasefire! He wants it on record that he wants every element of Hamas - who he calls vicious animals who did horrifying crimes - to be destroyed, . What about the civilians? Hamas who hide behind civilians and place their military installations under hospitals is 100% to blame! Video Transcription: Coming soon

Time to separate the Palestinian cause from Hamas cause❗ Download YouTube 2023-10-29 (#056) < Previous Next > Mosab Hassan Yussef is the eldest son of one of the co-founders of Hamas who worked alongside his father during his formative years and was therefore able to get a good insight into Hamas. Mosab tells Pierce Morgan that Hamas has one goal: to annihilate the State of Israel. Hamas does not accept Israel's right to exist. When asked why he left Hamas, Mosab says he always questioned Hamas' brutality and abuse of power. Mosab was imprisoned in Israel for 27 months, and saw Hamas torturing and killing 100s of their own people within the Israeli prisons, and he began to wonder what would happen if Hamas got ruling power, and when that happened many years later, Mosab wasn't surprised at their brutality. Regarding October 7th, he was surprised by the scale of the attack, the wiping out of entire communities, messing with the most powerful country in the region, a nuclear power, a country with the trauma of the Holocaust. Hamas, he says, opened the gates of Hell on the Palestinian people, which just shows how irresponsible they are and how willing they are to sacrifice Palestinian children and use the Palestinian community to achieve their ideological agenda. It is important to make a separation between the Palestinian cause and the sick Hamas cause. Mosab claims Hamas needs to be removed from power. When asked how many of the Gazans support Hamas, Mosab says there will be celebrations and they will thank Israel once Hamas is removed because Gazans are suffering under Hamas' lust for power and political ambitions. He also believes that war is the only way to peace. Israel and the free world have no choice but to fight and put an end to Hamas. The blood of the dead civilians is on the hands of Hamas. Morgan says that pro-Palestinians refute that idea and blame Israel for everything. Mosab replies that people coming from London or elsewhere in the world have no right to tell him what the struggle of the Palestinian children is, saying that Palestinian society has been hjacked by criminals. It's a fact that Hamas uses civilians as human shields and it's a fact that Israel warns civilians to evacuate buildings before it strikes. Israel is a democracy, Israel is accountable, Israel does not seek to kill Palestinians and despite Israel's enormous power, it does not attempt to abuse it. We need to stop blaming Israel for things we invited upon our own heads, he says. All those protesters around the world calling to free Palestine, don't know what Palestine is. Mosab says HE is Palestine and Hamas and its corrupt leadership is killing his people. He doesn't want a Palestinian state! Palestinian children need education, security, life, not another corrupt Arab regime. When asked if the right way to get rid of Hamas is by aerial bombardments, Mosab says Hamas will be got rid of, that Hamas has not only brought the wrath of Israel upon it, but the wrath of God. We will destroy them and bring them to justice and the world will witness their punishment and everyone who takes their side will regret the killing of the Palestinian people. Video Transcription: Coming soon

The Red Cross is taking care of everyone! Almost Download YouTube 2023-11-13 (#116) < Previous Next > The Red Cross should be ashamed. It seems that not everyone is equal under it. The world cries out for humanitarian assistance for Gaza civilians, but when Israel wants to know what is happening with its 240 hostages taken by Hamas, the Red Cross is nowhere to be seen. Palestinian ambulances that are under the protection of the Red Cross transport terrorists and ammunition, but the Red Cross is silent. Video Transcription: Coming soon

Released Israeli hostage Yarden Roman-Gat fights for sister-in-law's return from Gaza (CBC-60 min) Download YouTube 2023-12-18 (218) < Previous Next > Israeli hostage Yarden Roman-Gat, now reunited with her husband and daughter after 54 days in Gaza, spent the day after her release hoping her sister-in-law Carmel would be the next to come home. But Carmel wasn't released. Though more than 100 hostages taken into Gaza during Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack have been released, roughly 130 remain in the hands of Hamas. Yarden Roman-Gat, along with her husband Alon, are still fighting for Carmel's return. What happened to the family on Oct. 7? The couple were in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border, visiting Alon's parents when Hamas stormed in, they said. Alon's mother was dragged outside and shot dead. His sister Carmel disappeared. Fighters shoved Alon, Yarden and their 3-year-old daughter Geffen into a car and took off. When an Israeli tank passed by, the captors got out and hid in some trees, leaving Alon, Yarden and Geffen behind with an unarmed driver. The parents seized the moment and took off. Yarden had been holding Geffen, but she's not a good runner, so she passed their daughter to Alon. "He's a very good runner," she said. "I just passed her on. It was a no-brainer. It was her best chances." Alon ran ahead with their daughter, gunfire ringing out as he ran for safety. He found a ditch and hid with Geffen, wondering if he should go out and look for his wife. "I thought about all these things," he said. " And I said 'No.' I have one mission now. And this is to save Geffen." The pair were in the ditch from around 11:30 that morning until about 8 p.m. Yarden's capture As her husband and daughter hid, Yarden, too exhausted to keep running, fell to the ground as her captors closed in. She tried to play dead, but was quickly found out. "They grabbed my arms and started dragging me on the ground towards, back to the car," she said. Yarden, who'd been in pajamas, said her clothes were pulled from her body as she was dragged. And it was one of, one of the most frightening moments because my thoughts were, 'Even if they didn't have that intention, now they might have, and I'm half naked," she said. Like other hostages, she was driven into Gaza through thick crowds of celebrating people. "My kidnappers could not help themselves, showing me off as a trophy," she said. 54 days in captivity "I was watched and seen at all times. I was not hidden, not for a moment," she said. "They could do anything to me." There are some details of her time in captivity Yarden did not want to share. "They did not want to protect me. They wanted to guard their trophy," she said. "But I do think I managed to make them care, I don't know, in some levels. And I do think it helped me survive." Sometimes Yarden could hear news on the radio. About three weeks into her captivity, she happened to catch one of Alon's cousins speaking. The cousin mentioned that Yarden and Carmel were being held, but he didn't mention Alon or Geffen, so Yarden assumed her husband and daughter were OK. Though she felt relief about Alon and Geffen, she was tormented thinking about Carmel because of the almost constant explosions of the Israeli bombs leveling neighborhoods all across Gaza. "It's a very, very frightening experience to be on a war zone," she said. "You cannot ignore it. It's very intense." Returning to her home in Israel Yarden and Carmel's family waged a campaign for their release. They even traveled to Washington for help. Eventually, all the pressure paid off; late last month, Israel temporarily ceased the bombing and Hamas agreed to release some hostages, mostly women and children, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. Under the terms of the deal, three Palestinian prisoners were to be released for every one hostage freed. Every night, the phone would ring with news of who was on the release list, Yarden's brother, Gili Roman, said. "That was the twisted reality show that we lived in," Roman said. Once the hostage releases started, the entire country was glued to television, as each transfer was covered live. But for five excruciating days, neither Yarden nor Carmel were on the list. Then came day six of the temporary cease-fire. After 54 days, Yarden's captors told her she was going home. "They wondered, 'Why aren't I'm happy?'" Yarden said. "They almost demanded it. 'Be happy, be happy already. You're going home.'" The family gathered around a TV that night and watched as Yarden crossed out of Gaza and was transported to Israel. Alon woke Geffen up around 2 a.m. "'We found Mommy,'" he remembered telling her. "'We found Mommy and she's coming back.'" The temporary cease-fire ended on Dec. 1 without Carmel's return. Alon is still fighting for his sister, now with his wife by his side. "My sister-in-law Carmel and a bunch of other hostages are still in Gaza," Yarden siad. "And it's wrong. And we have to stop it. And if we can do anything to help that, we will." Video Transcription: It's been one horror and tragedy after the next since hamas's killing and kidnapping attack of Israelis 10 weeks ago on Friday three hostages were accidentally killed by Israeli forces even though we now know they were waving a white flag, this as the Army's pounding of Gaza continues unabated as much as 90% of the population has been displaced and the death toll keeps risinging about 100 Israeli hostages have been released mostly women and children but as many as 130 remain in captivity an open wound in Israel, where we went this past week and spoke to one of the hostages who was freed after 54 days 36-year-old Yarden Roman Gat, she and her husband Alon Gat were abducted on October 7th at a kibutz near the Gaza border Alon took us to the rubble that was his parents' home in Beeri, this is the the entrance, on October 7th he, his wife Yardan and their three-year-old daughter Gefen were visiting his folks when Hamas stormed the kibuts gate broke into their home dragged out his mother and shot her his sister Carmel disappeared and the Hamas fighter shoved the three of them into a car and took off, and they are taking us into Gaza, you're driving along there in the car, yeah, this is the area where they drove the car to, and there is a small Army Post over there and this is the place where they stoped the car because there was a tank passing the terorists went out of the car to hide in the trees, he and Yarden sees the moment and we just jumped off, both sides and started running, you had Gefen? I had Gaffin on me, I'm not a good runner and running with the 12 KG of my baby the best odds is that Alon would take her and he's a very good runner I just passed her on, it was a no-brainer it was her best chances so you passed your child along to Alon, yeah, so I took Gefen and I ran in front, we started to hear the terrorist shooting at us so we hearing bullets whistling next to us on my both sides really close by I'm talking about that distance of me and you're carrying, and I'm with Gefen, and I found a small crack in the ground like a small ditch? yeah, yes, and I put Gefen down on the on the ground and I was on her lying there with Gefen trying to keep her quiet and all this time you still don't know what had happened to your wife, it's something that I thought about should I go with Gefen and search for Yarden is Yarden, is she wounded is she hurt, I thought about all these things and I said no, I have one Mission now and this is to save Gefe, how long were you in the ditch? from 11:30 a.m. to around 8:00 p.m. 9 hour? s about and Gefen was amazing, she didn't cry about food or water once she told me Daddy it's a shame we didn't bring water hours earlier Yarden too exhausted to keep running fell to the ground as her captors closed in, I played dead but holding my breath was next to impossible so they said, no she's not dead there's no blood so pick her up, and they grabbed my arms and started dragging me on the ground towards back to the car I went in pajamas, and my clothes tried to swipe off my body and it was one of one of the most frightening moments because my thoughts were even if they didn't have that intention, now they might have, and I'm half naked so you're worried about rape yeah, I was worried to get raped yeah, of course and fortunately enough they didn't do it and they were, the the goal was get me into Gaza like other hostages she was driven into Gaza through thick crowds celebrating, my kidnappers could not help themselves showing me off as a trophy and showing my face as an object, I was not a person, but but the windows were up right no one could reach, no, they were not up there were a lot of people around and as we, yelling and, yeah partying after similar gauntlets of Terror many other hostages were taken down into the dark airless tunnels Yardan was never underground, and where did they take you? eventually we got uh to a house I was alone but I was never alone because I had my Guardian guardian guards, guards with me 24/7 from the second I got to Gaza to the second I left were they men or women or both or only men, only men, you cannot object to anything it could cost you your life she was given a hijab that covered most of her body. I got a very strong feeling this is my that that fabric is my only protection that I don't know its effectivess but it was the only thing I got you could feel hidden a little bit behind that formless the word hidden has no place, I was watched and seen at all times I was not hidden, not For a moment, they could do anything to me, I was helpless did you try to engage them so they would see you as a human I'm trying to make them care did it work do you think they began to want to protect you? they did not want to protect me, they wanted to guard their trophy but I do think I managed to make them care I don't know in some levels and I do think it helped me survive. do you think that at some level you just shut down you know just almost as if it was happening to another person, no no you were it was happening to me yeah there are details about her captivity that she didn't want to share with us did they feed you? what you can't talk about it? That okay. She lived with persistent anxiety over the fate of Elon and Gefen then 3 weeks in because she could occasionally overhear news on a radio she happened to catch one of Alon's cousins speaking, and he mentioned by the way the fact that I am and Carmel my sister-in-law were held in Gaza, you heard your name come up on radio, yeah but it didn't mention Alon and Gefen so I could pretty much assume that they were fine. along with relief about her husband and child she was tormented about Carmel because of the almost constant explosions of the Israeli bombs leveling neighborhoods all across Gaza, were you afraid that that was going to kill you? yes, it's a very frightening experience to be on a war zone you cannot ignore it, it's very intense meanwhile in Israel there was a growing "bring them home now" movement to pressure the government to prioritize the hostages. bring them back home now, now, now, now, posters of the hostages are everywhere this is Romy Gonen who was shot and kidnapped for her mother mirav it's October 7th every day outside they're not fed they're starved we know the about um sexual harassment of the women that left there and of the men also that treated with cruelty the ones that stayed there and it's important to understand that they don't have time Yarden's family waged their own campaign setting up a war room to get her and Carmel freed even traveling to Washington for help, eventually all the pressure paid off, last month Israel agreed to Cease the Bombing and free some Palestinian prisoners and Hamas issued a daily list of hostages it would free the next day, every day mostly it's night in the middle of the night we would get a phone call of whether we are on or off the list. Yarden's brother Gilly the way it played out was Hamas would announce who's coming out tomorrow that was the twisted reality show that we lived in, yes that is what happened, once the hostage releases started the entire country was glued to television as each transfer was covered live, but for five excruciating days neither Yardan nor Carel were on the list, then came day six of the ceasefire after 54 days Yardan captors told her you're getting out they wondered why aren't I'm happy, they almost demanded it, be happy be happy already you're going home, you know some of the hostages were given drugs to make sure that they looked Happy, Well treated, if they.... I don't want to go there, you don't? okay. on the night of her release her family the entire War Room gathered around a television and as she crossed out of Gaza oh escorted by her captors yardan was handed over to the Red Cross and transported to Israel. I woke up Gefen around uh 2:00 in the morning I woke here and I told her we found Mommy we found Mommy and she's coming back the reunion, the embrace took place at a hospital the first stop for all the released hostages, the last time Yarden had seen her daughter was 54 days earlier when she handed her over to Alon so it it hasn't been that long since she came home, is she still the same person yeah, she is? I think she is, yeah are you the same person? no I'm a different person I'm tearing apart between finding more info about Carmel, my mother was murdered so also, I didn't have time to mourn on that, I was dis connected emotionally and I think still, I am Alon's old kibutz is now rose and rows of burned out houses. This is Gefen's Swing with painful reminders, the day after Yardan was released everyone thought his sister Carmel would follow the whole day I kept my self expecting Carmel, I was almost sure she's the one, oh dear I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the ceasefire deal unraveled no more hostages have come out since the family war room is still operating now focused on Carmel and now you're part of the war room that's right so why did you decide to do the interview? my sister-in-law camel and a bunch of other hostages are still in Gaza and it's wrong and we have to stop it and if we can't do anything to help that we will you see this a mother still waiting for her daughter to return is there any fear that time is running out yes at 60 minutes overtime.com she's young

Kill everyone” - this was their command. Download YouTube 2023-10-24 (#039) < Previous Next > Evidence from the interrogation of Hamas terrorists captured by Israel after the October 7th attack. They criticize the commanders of Hamas and blame them for using civilians as human shields and causing death and destruction in Gaza. They were told to kill as many people as possible or to take as many hostages as possible. They were promised financial remuneration for hostages. $10,000 and an apartment. They tell of killing unarmed people and elderly people being kidnapped. They set houses on fire. A teenager was kidnapped after the terrorist took a selfie of himself with her. It is not quite clear what happened to an entire family who were in their pajamas. They killed a family of four as well as their dog, and an old lady and say that Islam forbids killing women and children and babies but not torture and abuse. They admit to being like Isis. Video Transcription: Coming soon

Australia and Canada did not ‘understand’ meaning behind ceasefire vote for Gaza Download YouTube 2023-12-21 (238) < Previous Next > Palestinian peace activist Bassem Eid says Australia and Canada did not “understand” the meaning behind voting in the UN for a ceasefire in Gaza. On October 7 Israel declared war against Hamas after the Palestinian terrorist group fired thousands of rockets as far north as Tel Aviv. “We witnessed, in the past 16 years since Hamas occupied the Gaza Strip, we witnessed several ceasefires which has been achieved between Israel and Hamas, none of them really works as it should be,” he told Sky News contributor Gemma Tognini. “In my opinion, a such kind of resolution which is the United Nations right now, trying to put it out should have to include three important elements. “The first one – that Hamas should lay down their weapons, the second one – the accountability to the terrorists which has committed the massacre on October 7, and the third is the release of all hostages including the IDF members.” Video Transcription: this week the Australian government decided to stand with the likes of Iran and Afghanistan in calling for what it described as a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza no demand for the return of hostages no mention or condemnation in that vote for Hamas a weak decision that has been rightly condemned by many basam Eid is a jerusalem-based political analyst human rights Pioneer and expert commentator in Arab and Palestinian affairs ID was born in the Jordanian occupied old city in East Jerusalem and spent the first 33 years of his life in the United Nations refugee camp of suat he rose to prominence during the first inada and in 1996 founded the jerusalem-based Palestinian human rights monitoring group in 2016 Eid assumed the role of chairman of the center for near East policy research and for full and somewhat repeated disclosure I visited the West Bank and is Israel this year under the ajac ramban program it was during this program which included time in ramala and other parts of the disputed territories that I met basamid and he joins me now basam welcome to the show and thank you for your time good morning thank you first of all to your response if I may ask you to Australia's vote for a ceasefire in Gaza in the wording of that uh ceasefire vote uh in the UN this week what's your response to that see looks like unfortunately that countries like the Australia or the Canadian didn't understand exactly the meaning of the of the ceasefire and what is the definition of the ceasefire listen we we witnessed in the past 16 years since the Hamas occupied the Gaza Strip we witnessed several ceasefires which has been achieved between Israel and the Hamas and none of them really works as it should be in my opinion is such kind of resolution which is the United Nation right now trying to to to to put it out should have to include three important elements the first one the Hamas should laying down their weapons the second one the accountable to the terrorists which is committed the massacre on the October 7th and the third is the release of the all hostages including the IDF members if the United Nation will include these three conditions in their resolution I I have no problem you know probably to vote for but if those three conditions will completely a a been a a a a outside the resolution I don't think that such resolution should have to be support or voted for any country around the world in your opinion basamid why does the UN neglect to include such important an conditions in any call for a ceasefire it seems to be the most basic thing under the sun and yet those conditions which I think most reasonable people would agree should form part of any deal for a ceasefire why does the UN continually fail to include those conditions it's for a very simple reason you know in the 21st century the main aim and the main job of the United Nation is how to create conflicts rather than to solve conflicts because the UN knows if the conflicts around the the world will be solved then all the employees of the United Nation will become jobless and refugees secondly I think that the United Nation right now became a part of the Israeli Palestinian conflict rather than a part of the solution I think that the International Community right now should have to stand up and first of all to start making their own accountability with the UN why the UN is not only hates Israel but also teaching the the Palestinian students yeah how to hate and how to be violent and how to to reject the others this is the one of the most important issues that I think that the International Community should have to put it on the table before any kind of resolutions it's a really really critical point particularly in light of the last couple of weeks when we have seen um Vision coming out of parts of Gaza that have been captured and we've seen uh you know members of Hamas teaching in these schools we've seen the C you know curriculum is a very generous word to describe but you've spent 26 years researching un policies you've written extensively on the topic of Ana reform as you just said there needs to be great greater scrutiny here um on behalf of the West what is the likelihood of that happening do you think see I I I I think that the the only one who should have to be blamed here is the International Community by themselves you know the UN is surviving from the donation and from the support of the International Community and the International Community should have from time to time to make their own accountability on the activities of the United Nation mainly on the Israeli Palestinian conflict but looks like to me that the united nation became a completely an a a a independent organization that no country around the world has the the right to interfere in in their work and looks like that they have a free hand to do whatever they want without paying let's say any kind of price for the horrible things that they are doing on the Israeli Palestinian conflict this is this is such an important point one other thing I wanted to ask you basame it is that I've read a lot of commentary in the past two months that basically says and it's my paraphrase here that the West doesn't understand Hamas it doesn't understand the level of extremism at play here I want to get your take on firstly that but also what is your view on This Global Pro Palestine movement in the wake of October 7 that doesn't seem to a understand the the history here the fact that Hamas has repeatedly said not only are we happy with what we did not only are we is this a day of celebration for us but we will repeat it over and over again until Israel is wiped off the map and the Jewish people with it what is it about this that the West is missing I think that the W it will be very difficult for the West to understand what does it mean the Hamas and what does it mean the Islamic extremism and fundamentalism I think that the West is very close to start suffering from those people like the Hamas and like the Isis and only when those organization terrorist organization will touch the body of the west then the West probably will wake up and start making their own measures how to deal with such kind of a terrorist organizations right now looks like that everything is far away from us if it is from Paris or the UK or Belgium or whatever but very soon these people are going to be under the the under the the the the track and when these people will become under the track I believe that the pain will be so high and then probably these people will start fighting and standing together with Israel in term to erase such kind of terrorist organizations from the B all over the world Bas thank you so much for joining us tonight thank you for your time

Calls for Ceasefire and Proportional Response October 7th War in Gaza In a Nutshell The demand for Israel to engage in proportional warfare against groups like Hamas is deemed unreasonable due to the complexity of the conflict and the tactics of these groups. Hamas often operates in civilian areas, complicating Israel's response and leading to civilian casualties.The principle of proportionality in warfare involves balancing military advantage against civilian harm, but this doesn't mean an equal number of casualties. Historical examples, like World War II, show significant civilian casualties in state conflicts, making the application of proportionality in asymmetric warfare challenging. Israel's military strategy focuses on deterrence and minimizing civilian casualties, yet faces criticism over the proportionality and legality of its actions. Regarding the ceasefire, Israel resists international calls for a ceasefire with Hamas, citing concerns over Hamas's credibility and history of violating truces. Israel fears a ceasefire would leave Hamas in power, hindering long-term peace. Hamas's record of breaking ceasefires, including an attack on October 7th, exacerbates these concerns. Some argue that lasting peace requires neutralizing Hamas, while others, including the U.S., urge minimizing civilian casualties without directly demanding a ceasefire. Public opinion, especially in the U.S., is shifting towards supporting a ceasefire, but there's a prevailing concern that a ceasefire might only offer a temporary pause, not a lasting solution to the conflict. The full story References Related Videos Full Story The Full Story Calls for Proportional Response The demand for Israel to engage in proportional warfare against organizations like Hamas is not reasonable due to the complex nature of the conflict and the tactics employed by such groups. Firstly, organizations like Hamas do not adhere to international law and often use civilian areas for military operations, making it challenging for Israel to respond without causing civilian casualties. This situation is exacerbated in densely populated areas like Gaza, where even precise strikes can result in unintended civilian harm. The principle of proportionality in warfare, as understood in international law, requires balancing the anticipated military advantage against potential civilian damage. However, this does not equate to a numerical balance of casualties or destruction. Historical precedents, such as World War II, show that significant civilian casualties have occurred in conflicts involving state actors, further complicating the application of proportionality in asymmetric warfare. Israel's military strategy, as outlined in its defense doctrine, emphasizes deterrence, defense, and decisive victory while adhering to international law, including efforts to minimize civilian casualties. However, the nature of the conflict, the tactics of Hamas, and the operational environment pose significant challenges to achieving this ideal balance, often leading to criticism and debate over the proportionality and legality of Israel's military actions. Calls for Ceasefire The international calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war are met with resistance due to concerns about Hamas's credibility and history of violating truce agreements. Israel's reluctance to agree to a ceasefire stems from the concern that it would leave Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, in power, potentially undermining long-term peace efforts. This apprehension is compounded by Hamas's track record of breaking previous ceasefire agreements, including a significant violation on October 7th, when they launched a coordinated attack against Israel, breaking an existing truce. The dilemma for Israel and its allies is that a ceasefire might not address the root causes of the conflict or the long-term brutality exhibited by Hamas. Many argue that only by neutralizing Hamas can a space be created for a lasting political solution, requiring real concessions in both Gaza and the West Bank. While some European allies and international bodies have pressed for a ceasefire, emphasizing the humanitarian crisis, the U.S. has urged Israel to minimize civilian casualties without directly demanding a ceasefire. The situation is further complicated by public opinion, particularly in the U.S., where support for Israel has shown a decline, with a majority backing a ceasefire. However, the overarching concern remains that agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas could result in a temporary pause rather than a sustainable solution to the conflict. References References Proportionality Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means In Gaza The West's Incoherent Critique of Israel's Gaza Strategy The Trouble With a Cease-Fire Opinion: The problem with a Gaza ceasefire right now US public support for Israel drops; majority backs a ceasefire, Reuters/Ipsos shows Protective Edge: Hamas' violations of ceasefires - A chronology Reletaed Videos Related Videos Britain's Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps about the war in Gaza Something about responsibility Why are we blaming Israel? Sky News with arguably the most biased question ever asked on live television. 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